The ruling on the difference in intention between the imam and the follower regarding the obligatory prayer
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Honorable Shaykh! A traveler wants to pray the night prayer, so people who are praying the sunset prayer joined him. What should he do?
They pray the sunset prayer with him, and there is no harm in that. Then, if they caught up with him in the first unit, they sit down when he stands for the fourth unit, recite the testimony, and conclude the prayer so that they can catch up with him for the remainder of the night prayer. If they joined him in the second unit, they conclude the prayer with him. If they joined him in the third unit, they make up one unit after him.
Question: O Shaykh! A traveler wants to pray the night prayer and shorten it, so people who are praying the sunset prayer joined him?Answer: There is no problem. If they joined him while he is praying the night prayer in two units, they pray two units with him, then they make up one unit after he concludes the prayer.
The questioner: He is a follower, not an imam.
Answer: This is the opposite of your first question.In any case: If a person joins someone who is praying the sunset prayer while he wants to pray the night prayer shortened, there is no harm.Then, in our view, he has the choice: If he wishes, he intends to pray alone during the testimony, completes it, and concludes the prayer, so that his night prayer is shortened. If he wishes, he continues with his imam. When his imam concludes the prayer, he performs one unit, and his night prayer is complete in his case.
They pray the sunset prayer with him, and there is no harm in that. Then, if they caught up with him in the first unit, they sit down when he stands for the fourth unit, recite the testimony, and conclude the prayer so that they can catch up with him for the remainder of the night prayer. If they joined him in the second unit, they conclude the prayer with him. If they joined him in the third unit, they make up one unit after him.
Question: O Shaykh! A traveler wants to pray the night prayer and shorten it, so people who are praying the sunset prayer joined him?Answer: There is no problem. If they joined him while he is praying the night prayer in two units, they pray two units with him, then they make up one unit after he concludes the prayer.
The questioner: He is a follower, not an imam.
Answer: This is the opposite of your first question.In any case: If a person joins someone who is praying the sunset prayer while he wants to pray the night prayer shortened, there is no harm.Then, in our view, he has the choice: If he wishes, he intends to pray alone during the testimony, completes it, and concludes the prayer, so that his night prayer is shortened. If he wishes, he continues with his imam. When his imam concludes the prayer, he performs one unit, and his night prayer is complete in his case.